#36DAB4#36DAB4

#36DAB4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.142 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36DAB4
RGB	rgb(54, 218, 180)
HSL	hsl(166, 69%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 17.4%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -49.92, 6.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 50.40, 172.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.1405 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.142 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8266, 54.2181, 51.8008)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36DAB4 #DA365C

analogous

#36DA62 #36DAB4 #36AEDA

triadic

#36DAB4 #B436DA #DAB436

tetradic

#36DAB4 #6236DA #DA365C #AEDA36

square

#36DAB4 #6236DA #DA365C #AEDA36

split-complementary

#36DAB4 #DA36AE #DA6236

monochromatic

#177E66 #21B290 #36DAB4 #6AE4C7 #9DEDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#36DAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#36DAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36DAB4

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36DAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36DAB4	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CCB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36dab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 218, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.142 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6ca',
    500: '#36dab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36dab4;
$custom-light: #86e6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36dab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.098,
    "s": 68.908,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79763,
    "c": 0.14162,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36DAB4

secondary

#862F43

accent

#3C65EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #36DAB4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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